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MikeD · August 18th, 2004, 23:06

Again, I fully believe that an evaluator worth his salt not only evaluates, but teaches as well. In that vein, I'm two things:

1. VERY much a believer in the basics. Know how to accomplish things using "long division", so to speak. When the automation fails, one darn well better know how to fall back.

2. VERY much a believer that someone that only trains to the PTS standards and nothing else, is shortchanging themselves. PTS is merely the minimums....the start, if you will, on expanding one's knowlege base of being a professional pilot. IMO, there's so much more to know outside the PTS, as like any other books on any subject, it covers only so much. The onus is upon the pilot to take that base of knowlege and build upon it.

In that vein, I'd still want to know the knowlege level on an applicant I'm evaluating. I evaluate to the PTS standards, with of course, a "big picture" mindset. Yet I'm still going to test one's basic knowlege. If they know it, cool. If not, I'm not going to bust them on it; but I'm going to, using my instructor "hat", let them know that it would be VERY wise to know the basics, and thought they're not being evaluated on it here, it would behoove them in their future to possess that knowlege if and when the time comes that it becomes their last fallback in a situation.

It's all part of being the best pilot you can.

August 18th, 2004, 23:06	#6
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: Private Checkride question Again, I fully believe that an evaluator worth his salt not only evaluates, but teaches as well. In that vein, I'm two things: 1. VERY much a believer in the basics. Know how to accomplish things using "long division", so to speak. When the automation fails, one darn well better know how to fall back. 2. VERY much a believer that someone that only trains to the PTS standards and nothing else, is shortchanging themselves. PTS is merely the minimums....the start, if you will, on expanding one's knowlege base of being a professional pilot. IMO, there's so much more to know outside the PTS, as like any other books on any subject, it covers only so much. The onus is upon the pilot to take that base of knowlege and build upon it. In that vein, I'd still want to know the knowlege level on an applicant I'm evaluating. I evaluate to the PTS standards, with of course, a "big picture" mindset. Yet I'm still going to test one's basic knowlege. If they know it, cool. If not, I'm not going to bust them on it; but I'm going to, using my instructor "hat", let them know that it would be VERY wise to know the basics, and thought they're not being evaluated on it here, it would behoove them in their future to possess that knowlege if and when the time comes that it becomes their last fallback in a situation. It's all part of being the best pilot you can.